At half past nine in the evening, Ruan Mengmeng finished his part-time job and dragged his tired body home.
After paying the rent, water and electricity, and buying chai rice instant noodles, the money in hand seems to be a white-collar worker again.
What should I bring back to my mother to eat tonight? Can my mother stay awake for a while? Ruan Mengmeng thought about walking on the sidewalk in her heart, but didn't notice a car rushing towards her at a red light. .
When she heard the sound of the horn, she was instantly stunned.
At this very moment, a hand pulled her back from the pavement, and the car seemed to skim past her.
"Be careful when crossing the road. There are many unruly people." Ye Yi reminded Mengmeng.
"Mr. Ye, thank you so much." Mengmeng's face was pale, and she was still in shock.
With a "bang", there was a loud noise not far away, and then a raging flame and gas covered the entire body.
It was the car that just rushed through the red light.
"Want to go over and see?" Ye Yi asked tentatively.
"No more." Mengmeng shook his head, feeling a little scary.
"Would you like to go back to Jiajia Building, together?"
"Okay!" Mengmeng nodded.
"Is your work hard today?" Ye Yi asked intentionally or unintentionally on the way.
"It's hard work." Mengmeng said in a restrained manner, holding her handbag in both hands.
"Yes, there is no hard work, but sometimes hard work can not bring equivalent rewards, such as road cleaners, construction site dust-faced workers, underground mines and miners." Ye Yi deliberately mentioned.
"Hmm..." Meng dreamed about it, "That's no way, the most indispensable thing in society is hard work."
"Mengmeng, if you are given a chance to change your current life easily, would you like it?" Ye Yi went deeper and deeper.
"How could such a good thing happen?" Mengmeng obviously didn't believe that such good luck would befall her.
"For thousands of years, there has been a legend in the street market: no matter what you need, as long as you can find the eighth pawnshop, you can get what you want." Ye Yi finally got to the point, "family, love, friendship." , Kindness, innocence, hands, feet, and even excess body fat can be pawned in exchange for everything you need, as long as you want."
This is the first bet between Ye Yi and Nu Wa, Jiang Chen, hosted by Ye Yilai himself, the eighth pawnshop, a place full of human greed and obsession.
"Mr. Ye, you are really joking, how can there be such a place in this world, fat can also be used as a pawn, then there is no fat man in this world!" Although Mengmeng believes in ghosts, it is okay to talk about fat. Being pawned in exchange for what you need still feels a bit absurd.
Naturally, there is no such cheap thing in the world. Excess meat can also be exchanged for money and status. Everyone wants to be a fat man.
This is just step by step to lure people into the abyss of degeneration. Some things only have zero and unlimited times.
Ye Yi handed Mengmeng a black business card with no extra information, only the number 8.
Mengmeng took the business card and looked at it front and back, looking at Ye Yi confusedly.
"If you put it away, it might be useful." Ye Yi asked Mengmeng.
"Oh." Although Mengmeng didn't quite understand what the black business card was for, she put it in her bag carefully.
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"Mom, I'm back." Mengmeng greeted her kindly when she returned home.
Mengma just glanced at Mengmeng slowly, and asked blankly, "What are you eating tonight!"
"Oh, I just took care of talking with Mr. Ye." Mengmeng patted her head in annoyance, and forgot to buy food for her mother, "Mom, wait a minute, I will go downstairs to buy it for you. food."
Mengmeng hurriedly went downstairs and upstairs again, trotting back panting, for fear that his mother was waiting in a hurry.
Mengmeng was eating and chatting with her mother, but mostly Mengmeng was talking to herself.
Looking at such a Mengmeng mother, Mengmeng was looking forward to it, if one day her mother could communicate with herself normally, it would be great.
How many years ago was the last time I spoke like this, I don't remember it a bit.
Suddenly at this time, Meng dreamed what Ye Yi said, the eighth pawnshop, no matter what you want, as long as you are willing to pay the price, you can realize any dream.
The No. 8 pawnshop business card placed in the Mengmeng bag suddenly flashed as if it had sensed Mengmeng's thoughts.
"But how could there be such a place, the extra meat on the body can be exchanged for things, it's really funny, hehe." Mengmeng smiled, shook his head, and threw the absurd idea out of his mind.
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Tsutenkaku
Ye Yi, Nuwa, and the general minister were looking at the dream in the light curtain, and the five-color messenger was accompanied by the red tide alone.
"Ye Yi, you seem to be very confident." Nuwa glanced at Ye Yi, and said when he saw his old spirit.
"The person I choose is naturally confident." Ye Yi is very confident in Mengmeng. After all, this is the reincarnation of Guan Shiyin!
If even Mengmeng couldn't resist the threat of pawnshop #8, I am afraid that few people in the world could resist it.
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The general did not say much, and watched the changes.
For thousands of years, there has been a legend in the street market: no matter what your needs are, as long as you can find the eighth pawnshop, you can get what you want.
In the evening, Mengmeng lay in her arms, thinking about what Ye Yi said to her, there really is such a place!
As long as you pay, there is a return.
Thinking about it, Mengmeng gradually fell asleep.
In a daze, Mengmeng found that she was in a dim space, surrounded by hypocrisy and no objects.
where is this place? Mengmeng looked around suspiciously.
Just when Mengmeng was puzzled, the four people in the void in front suddenly appeared carrying a sedan chair. The man carrying the sedan chair had a mask on his face, and he couldn't see the real face.
Mengmeng opened his eyes wide, and looked at the sedan chair in horror. In the blink of an eye, the sedan chair came to Mengmeng's body, and then directly ran into the somewhat dazed Mengmeng.
Mengmeng was in the sedan chair, but she could feel the surrounding scenes retreating quickly, and when the sedan chair stopped, she disappeared instantly.
A very retro building appeared in front of Mengmeng's eyes, a three-story red-brown small building with carved beams and painted buildings, which was very similar to that in the costume TV series, but was a little more weird and eerie.
Looking up, I saw the five characters of the eighth pawnshop come into view.
The eighth pawnshop! Mengmeng was shocked. This is not the place where Mr. Ye mentioned before that can pawn everything. It turns out that it is not a market legend, but a real existence.
Mengmeng immediately remembered the black business card with the number "8" that Ye Yi had handed her before. Could it be that Mr. Ye was suggesting something to him
The scarlet gate was right in front of him, and two strange animals were portrayed on the gate.
A strange beast is a double-faced bird called Mamen, which represents strong desire, used to describe material wealth and greed, and is the evil god of wealth, enticing people to kill each other for wealth.
One is a weird look resembling a bat squatting on a base. It is called Belfinger, which represents laziness. It will induce people to fall by providing people with various dexterous inventions that can make them richer.
On the top of the door, there are two Ouroboros intertwined, representing the cycle of the universe.
When Mengmeng hesitated, the door of greed and desire opened to Mengmeng.
Two waiters in blue-gray gowns stood at the left and right of the gate, bowing to Mengmeng expressionlessly.
"Welcome honorable guests."
Then the two waiters raised their hands and asked Mengmeng to walk into the eighth pawnshop.
Mengmeng followed them nervously, and she was taken to an elegantly decorated room with few steps.
A spacious space with a few chairs and a coffee table. Right above is a large and simple desk. A man in a black and gold gown is looking through the book in his hand. There is an "8" hanging on his chest. Necklace with words.
"Please sit down, Miss Ruan Mengmeng." The man raised his eyes and glanced at Mengmeng, then raised his hand to signal.
Mengmeng reached the position opposite him somewhat restrained, and looked suspiciously: "I don't seem to know you, how do you know my name."
"I can know if I want to know, because this is the eighth pawnshop." The man smiled contemptuously. "Here, you can pawn everything you have in exchange for everything you want. Of course, all of this must be established. On the basis of equivalent exchange."
"Really?" Mengmeng probed his head and confirmed again.
"Of course it is true." The pawnshop owner affirmed, "Ruan Mengmeng, 26 years old, has a mother with dementia in her family. Her biggest dream is that her mother can return to normal and continue her mother-daughter relationship."
"Why do you know everything?" Mengmeng asked subconsciously. The next second he remembered what the man said before. He wanted to know so he could know, because this is the eighth pawnshop, "Uh, when I didn't ask."
"Then what do you want to pawn with, family, love, friendship, kindness, innocence, or something else." The pawnshop owner waved his hand.
"Family, love, and friendship can really be pawned!" Mengmeng was a little curious in her heart. These things were invisible and intangible. If she pawned the other party, how would she collect it
"In the eighth pawnshop, everything can be pawned. You can rest assured that we won't feel anything during the process of picking up the pawn." The pawnshop owner soothed.
After Mengmeng heard this, she was silent, and her heart seemed to be very tangled.
"Family, you naturally don't have this. What you want to pawn in exchange for is it. Love, you have no object, and this is natural. Friendship is a good pawn, worthy of consideration. Kindness is also good, and naive is fine." The owner continued.
"There is no other choice besides these!" Mengmeng asked, frowning.
Family, love, she wants to have, but friendship, kindness, and innocence, she does not want to give up.
"You have to know that feelings are a very precious thing, whether it is love, family affection, or friendship, so if you want to get family affection, you must pawn with something equivalent to it. Only if you have a home, you can get something." The pawnshop owner looked directly at the dream. Meng's eyes said.
After Shen paused for a long time, Mengmeng finally said, "Can you let me go back and think about it?"
"Of course." The pawnshop owner responded readily.
He has seen a lot of such people, and basically everyone who says this will come back here in the end.
Once the seed of desire is planted, it will take root in your heart.
The next morning, Mengmeng woke up faintly, her whole body depressed.
Seeing the business card of the eighth pawnshop placed by the bed, Mengmeng was surprised. How could this business card be here? She obviously put it in her bag and didn't take it out!
The next moment, I dreamed of my experience at the eighth pawnshop last night. It was a dream, or I had actually been to the eighth pawnshop.
In the morning, Mengmeng was thinking about this in her heart, her whole person was utterly unruly, the bread was baked, and she was scolded by Mengmeng's mother.
Of course Mengma didn't wake up, it was just a subconscious manifestation.
Mengmeng carried a canvas bag and walked slowly down the road.
Inadvertently, he bumped into the person in front of him.
"Oh, I'm sorry, I'm sorry." Mengmeng quickly apologized.
"Walk with longer eyes, okay?" Although Mengmeng had already apologized in time, the man still cursed fiercely.
"Mengmeng." Ma Xiaoling and Wang Zhenzhen were shopping when they happened to see Mengmeng and stepped forward to say hello.
"Xiaoling, Zhenzhen, what a coincidence!" Mengmeng smiled.
"Mengmeng, how do you look desperate!" Ma Xiaoling asked with concern, seeing that Mengmeng's state was not right.
"Maybe you didn't sleep last night!" Mengmeng explained.
"Mengmeng, now that we have met, let's go shopping together!" Wang Zhenzhen held Mengmeng's arm affectionately.
"No more, I have to go to work." Mengmeng refused.
After parting with Ma Xiaoling and the others, Meng Meng felt even more disappointed. Compared with Ma Xiaoling and Wang Zhenzhen, she seemed even more useless. He wanted a culture without culture, and had no ability.
What is the use of a person like me in the world!
Ye Yi frowned while observing Mengmeng, as if a little dangerous.
There was a faint smile on Nuwa's face, as if victory was in sight.
In the midst of this busy city, Mengmeng suddenly saw the scene around her retreating rapidly, and in front of her, a quaint sedan chair swept over to herself.
When the surrounding scene became clear again, the eighth pawnshop appeared in front of Mengmeng.
Mengmeng took a deep breath, took a step forward, and the door of the eighth pawnshop opened automatically.
This time, without the help of the waiter, Mengmeng walked in by herself, and her desire had already pointed the way for her.
"Miss Ruan Mengmeng, I'm glad we met again." The pawnshop owner still had that kind smile on his face.
Mengmeng squeezed out a smile and nodded.
"Please sit down." The pawnshop owner raised his hand and said, "Have you considered it?"
"Consider... Okay." Mengmeng paused and nodded.
"That's good, I don't know what you want to pawn you have?" The pawnshop owner sat in a chair calmly and looked at Mengmeng jokingly.
"I..." Mengmeng seemed to be tangled up again.
"How about this! It's the first time you have come to a pawnshop. I'll help you come up with a good idea. Although you don't have love now, you can pawn your love in the future. You can exchange the ethereal thing in the future for the reality in front of you. A very good deal." The pawnshop owner threw out a big deal.
"As long as you sign your name on this, our transaction will be completed immediately, I get what I need, and you get what you need, everyone is happy." The pawnshop owner waved his hand and a contract appeared in front of Mengmeng out of thin air.
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"She is very tangled." Jiang Chen leaned sideways, with one hand on his cheek, looking at Ruan Mengmeng with interest.
"She will sign." Nu Wa said confidently.
"She won't." Ye Yi verbally affirmed, but there was actually no bottom in his heart.
After all, Ruan Mengmeng is only a reincarnation, and he knew that Ma Xiaoling and Kuang Tianyou should be chosen. After all, they have the protagonist's aura.
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Mengmeng held her clothes corner with her hands, fidgeting, she was very tangled.
"Sorry, I don't think so." After a long time, Mengmeng finally spoke.
"Have you decided?" The pawnshop owner was a little surprised. In these years, no one has been able to resist the pawnshop of No. 8 pawnshop.
"Well, I have decided." Mengmeng said with certainty.
"Can I ask the reason? This is a good deal." The pawnshop owner looked at Mengmeng suspiciously.
"Uh~ I can't say it, but I have this feeling. It is wrong to do so. I'm sorry, it took your time." Mengmeng got up and bowed to the pawnshop owner, then turned and left.
After only two steps, Mengmeng disappeared in the eighth pawnshop and reappeared in the noisy street market.
After making the decision, Mengmeng only felt relaxed in her heart, and the steps under her feet seemed to become lighter.
Tsutenkaku
Nu Wa and Jiang Chen looked puzzled, this change was a bit abrupt, and the reason was very weak.
feel
I don't think it will work.
"It seems that I won this round." Ye Yi spread his hands.
It's really dangerous. Fortunately, Guanyin's subconscious mind left in Mengmeng's heart played a role and resisted the sex.
"Won." Ye Yi returned home, Amber sat on the sofa elegantly, took a sip of hot coffee, and glanced at it.
"I don't seem to have said it yet." Ye Yi sat next to Amber, and a faint fragrance came.
"Your footsteps have already told me."
"The one who knows me is more like Amber." Ye Yi leaned sideways and hugged Amber.
"Are you confident in the next game?" Amber leaned toward Ye Yi's side.
"I don't know." Ye Yi shook his head. It depends on who Jiang Chen and Nu Wa choose.